CONTROVERSY OVER THE CRIME FIGHTING STRATEGY BEING USED BY THE SHERIFF OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA. HE RELIES ON VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE SOURCES TO PREDICT WHO'S LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME, THEN SWARMS THEIR HOUSE WITH COPS. HE SAYS IT WORKS AND CRIME STATS ARE DOWN. CRITICS SAY IT'S WRONG, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PRESUMING INNOCENCE, IT PRESUMES GUILT AND RESULTS IN HARRASSMENT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS. LAWSUITS ARE FLYING. THE SHERIFF'S A REPUBLICAN, BUT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ WANTS GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO REMOVE HIM! HERE'S THE STORY:
IN CANADA, LEGISLATION HAS GAINED SERIOUS TRACTION THAT WOULD LEGALIZE THE KILLING OF A LOT OF DISABLED AND MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE. BECAUSE CANADA IS CULTURALLY SO SIMILAR TO THE U.S., THERE IS CONCERN THAT WE COULD GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD. PRETTY SCARY STUFF HERE, IN MY OPINION.
LET'S DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS POLL WE CITED BRIEFLY LAST WEEK THAT SHOWS 49% OF REPUBLICAN MEN HAVE NO PLANS TO BE VACCINATED FOR COVID. THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER, AND OF GREAT CONCERN TO HEALTH OFFICIALS, BECAUSE UNLESS IT CHANGES, IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW WE EVER REACH HERD IMMUNITY. ON THE SUNDAY TALK SHOWS, DR. FAUCI WAS CALLING ON TRUMP TO ENCOURAGE HIS SUPPORTERS TO GET THE SHOTS.
I'M PERPLEXED AND TROUBLED BY THIS SKY HIGH NUMBER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE VACCINES TRUMP'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING AVAILABLE TO US HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE SO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. SO HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND OUR LISTENERS:
*IS GETTING TRUMP TO AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTE VACCINES THE KEY TO DROPPING THIS 49% NUMBER? WOULD OUR ANTI-VAX TRUMP SUPPORTERS
CHANGE THEIR MINDS IF TRUMP TOLD THEM TO ... OR NOT?
*WHY IS THE 49% NUMBER SO HIGH? IS IT BECAUSE REPUBLICAN GUYS DON'T WANT BIDEN TO GET CREDIT FOR VICTORY OVER THE VIRUS, AND
IF ENOUGH OF THEM REFUSE THE SHOTS, THEY DENY BIDEN THE VICTORY?
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